Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Dear Shirley, We already taken-up this matter seriously! We will see that the Lab doesn’t get any more monkeys or other animals for experiments. The below act is not only cruel for monkey but this can lead a problem to entire wildlife where these primates are released. Many of the experimented monkeys carries diseases like T.B., HIV other spread able diseases. This will affect the entire wildlife in that area. Not only this but also fighting among the existing animals & released animals will harm many. Domesticated monkeys won't survive in wild so they may go to the nearest villages, later it will cause harm to the human being also. This Monkey problem is very serious needs to be addressed by Animal Welfare Board of India(AWBI), Central Zoo Authority(CZA), CPCSEA, Animal Welfare Division - Govt. Of India. Regards, Nilesh PAWS ............................................................. > Archana Patni, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 (Bangalore), India > > The Indian Institute of Science has been accused of releasing 20 > experimented monkeys into the forest without proper clearances. > > Three of the monkeys have been rescued by a wildlife NGO who now say > they are going to take serious action against the institute. > > The monkeys have spent most of their lives in a research lab. But > they were among 20 lab monkeys released by the Institute into the > Sathanur forest more than two weeks ago. > > The monkeys were left to fend for themselves. Only three were found > by an animal welfare group which accuses the institute of violating > rules by releasing lab animals into the wild before they are ready. > > " According to the rules they need to pay a particular NGO for life > time care of these monkeys and they found a way out of releasing them > into the forests, " said Sharat Babu, Senior Manager, People For Animals. > > " Most probably their primate research laboratory will have to wind up > and they will not conduct future experiments, " Sharat added. > > Research license > > The institute could lose its animal research license for ignoring the > rehabilitation guidelines of the central Committee for the purpose of > Control and Supervision of Experiment on Animals. > > Even members of the Institute's own ethics committee agree that norms > were not followed. > > " Animals that have lived for anywhere between 4-12 years in unnatural > surroundings cannot be ejected and thrown into a forest environment > over night, " said Suparna Ganguly, Member, Institutional Animal > Ethics Committee. > > " There is need for a rehab period and to wash off all the unnatural > living that a lab climate imposes on these animals and then maybe if > possible to get them to the wild, " added Ganguly. > > The institute officials said in a press statement that the release of > the animals was made under supervision of forest officials, > veterinary officer and a technical officer of the institute. > > However, this has failed to convince experts who believe there has > been a serious violation. > > Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman > International Primate Protection League > PO Box 766 > Summerville, SC 29484, USA > Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 > > E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org > Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 > > One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly > making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature > on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: > aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at > aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 The totally unacceptable behaviour of the IISc persons will soon be forgotten. The bane of India is that its many excellent laws are given the go-by. Even with all the awareness on animal issues today, the penalty is so small and rarely enforced. The monkeys were housed in deplorable conditions - no space; no enrichment of their cramped cages; no proper care given. Death to these animals will genuinely be a blessing but a death by starvation and being incapable of adjustment to their new-found " freedom " is hardly a merciful release. May be in other cultures this is not abhorrent. In a culture like India, where millions recognise the divinity of all life and where Hanuman is worshipped as the ultimate baktha (believer or devotee), the passing feelings of outrage will soon be forgotten. From 1968 to 1996, the rules of the Government of India governing research animals had no penalty for non-observance. This was not by oversight. The first Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals(CPCSEA) was constituted by the Government following sustained protests by the Blue Cross of India. The Committee made a detailed study of the research laboratories and called for anyone interested to depose before it. The undersigned did just that. At the request of the Blue Cross, the National Anti-Vivisection Society of the UK sent Colin Smith to also depose before this Committee. It is pertinent to note that the first CPCSEA had as its members the heads of all the major animal-using government laboratories. Shri Kamal Nayan Bajaj, Member of Parliament, was its Chairman. Yet, even this highly biased group of animal-users acknowledged, after their visits to over a hundred laboratories that things were, indeed, terrible. In their report issued in 1965, they described animal experimentation thus: " Animal experimentation is one of the most inhuman cruelties against animals, which are being perpetrated in the world today. The object of these experiments is said to be in order to advance scientific knowledge, and to undertake reseach to save or prolong human or animal life and alleviate suffering. In the name of science, however, animals are made to endure the most barbaric tortures ever invented by the human brain, often lasting over long periods and without any sort of anaesthetic " .(unquote) Yet, with typical bureaucratic cunning, they abdicated all responsibility by saying that there was little that could be done since " vested interests, however, make it necessary for the experiments to continue, although what they are showing may be completely useless or already known " . They ended by saying that all who were concerned could hold seminars with research scientists to make the public aware!! In 1968, guidelines were issued by this Committee - ironically on October 4th to mark Saint Francis of Assisi Day - and once again the CPCSEA made absolutely sure that there was no penalty in case of breaking these Rules! It was only in 1996 taht the reconstituted CPCSEA showed that it meant business and new Rules were brought in with some sort of penalties. Not one person has been brought to book under these rules (reminds one of the UK Home Office inspections) and the laws now, once again, remain on paper. S. Chinny Krishna Chairman Blue Cross of India Shirley McGreal [smcgreal] Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:29 AM AAPN List Indian Lab Monkey Release Archana Patni, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 (Bangalore), India The Indian Institute of Science has been accused of releasing 20 experimented monkeys into the forest without proper clearances. Three of the monkeys have been rescued by a wildlife NGO who now say they are going to take serious action against the institute. The monkeys have spent most of their lives in a research lab. But they were among 20 lab monkeys released by the Institute into the Sathanur forest more than two weeks ago. The monkeys were left to fend for themselves. Only three were found by an animal welfare group which accuses the institute of violating rules by releasing lab animals into the wild before they are ready. " According to the rules they need to pay a particular NGO for life time care of these monkeys and they found a way out of releasing them into the forests, " said Sharat Babu, Senior Manager, People For Animals. " Most probably their primate research laboratory will have to wind up and they will not conduct future experiments, " Sharat added. Research license The institute could lose its animal research license for ignoring the rehabilitation guidelines of the central Committee for the purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiment on Animals. Even members of the Institute's own ethics committee agree that norms were not followed. " Animals that have lived for anywhere between 4-12 years in unnatural surroundings cannot be ejected and thrown into a forest environment over night, " said Suparna Ganguly, Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee. " There is need for a rehab period and to wash off all the unnatural living that a lab climate imposes on these animals and then maybe if possible to get them to the wild, " added Ganguly. The institute officials said in a press statement that the release of the animals was made under supervision of forest officials, veterinary officer and a technical officer of the institute. However, this has failed to convince experts who believe there has been a serious violation. Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman International Primate Protection League PO Box 766 Summerville, SC 29484, USA Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Dear AAPN colleagues, Does anyone know if the released monkeys have survived? Regards, Sincerely yours, Ghosh On 7/26/06, Dr.Chinny Krishna <drkrishna wrote: > > The totally unacceptable behaviour of the IISc persons > will soon be forgotten. > > The bane of India is that its many excellent laws are > given the go-by. Even with all the awareness on animal > issues today, the penalty is so small and rarely enforced. > > The monkeys were housed in deplorable conditions - no space; no > enrichment of their cramped cages; no proper care given. > Death to these animals will genuinely be a blessing but a death by > starvation and being incapable of adjustment to their new-found > " freedom " is hardly a merciful release. > > May be in other cultures this is not abhorrent. In a culture > like India, where millions recognise the divinity of all life and where > Hanuman is worshipped as the ultimate baktha (believer or devotee), > the passing feelings of outrage will soon be forgotten. From 1968 to > 1996, the rules of the Government of India governing research animals > had no penalty for non-observance. This was not by oversight. > The first Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of > Experiments on Animals(CPCSEA) was constituted by the Government following > sustained > protests by the Blue Cross of India. The Committee made a detailed study > of > the research laboratories and called for anyone interested to depose > before > it. > The undersigned did just that. At the request of the Blue Cross, the > National Anti-Vivisection Society of the UK sent Colin Smith to also > depose > before this Committee. > > It is pertinent to note that the first CPCSEA had as its members the > heads of all the major animal-using government laboratories. Shri Kamal > Nayan Bajaj, Member of Parliament, was its Chairman. Yet, even this highly > biased group of animal-users acknowledged, after their visits to over a > hundred > laboratories that things were, indeed, terrible. In their report issued in > 1965, they described animal experimentation thus: " Animal experimentation > is > one > of the most inhuman cruelties against animals, which are being perpetrated > in the world today. The object of these experiments is said to be in order > to > advance scientific knowledge, and to undertake reseach to save or prolong > human > or animal life and alleviate suffering. In the name of science, however, > animals > are made to endure the most barbaric tortures ever invented by the human > brain, > often lasting over long periods and without any sort of > anaesthetic " .(unquote) > > Yet, with typical bureaucratic cunning, they abdicated all responsibility > by > saying that there was little that could be done since " vested interests, > however, > make it necessary for the experiments to continue, although what they are > showing may be completely useless or already known " . They ended by saying > that > all who were concerned could hold seminars with research scientists to > make > the > public aware!! > > In 1968, guidelines were issued by this Committee - ironically on October > 4th to mark > Saint Francis of Assisi Day - and once again the CPCSEA made absolutely > sure > that > there was no penalty in case of breaking these Rules! > > It was only in 1996 taht the reconstituted CPCSEA showed that it meant > business and > new Rules were brought in with some sort of penalties. Not one person has > been > brought to book under these rules (reminds one of the UK Home Office > inspections) > and the laws now, once again, remain on paper. > > S. Chinny Krishna > Chairman > Blue Cross of India > > Shirley McGreal [smcgreal] > Wednesday, July 26, 2006 8:29 AM > AAPN List > Indian Lab Monkey Release > > > Archana Patni, Tuesday, July 25, 2006 (Bangalore), India > > The Indian Institute of Science has been accused of releasing 20 > experimented monkeys into the forest without proper clearances. > > Three of the monkeys have been rescued by a wildlife NGO who now say > they are going to take serious action against the institute. > > The monkeys have spent most of their lives in a research lab. But > they were among 20 lab monkeys released by the Institute into the > Sathanur forest more than two weeks ago. > > The monkeys were left to fend for themselves. Only three were found > by an animal welfare group which accuses the institute of violating > rules by releasing lab animals into the wild before they are ready. > > " According to the rules they need to pay a particular NGO for life > time care of these monkeys and they found a way out of releasing them > into the forests, " said Sharat Babu, Senior Manager, People For Animals. > > " Most probably their primate research laboratory will have to wind up > and they will not conduct future experiments, " Sharat added. > > Research license > > The institute could lose its animal research license for ignoring the > rehabilitation guidelines of the central Committee for the purpose of > Control and Supervision of Experiment on Animals. > > Even members of the Institute's own ethics committee agree that norms > were not followed. > > " Animals that have lived for anywhere between 4-12 years in unnatural > surroundings cannot be ejected and thrown into a forest environment > over night, " said Suparna Ganguly, Member, Institutional Animal > Ethics Committee. > > " There is need for a rehab period and to wash off all the unnatural > living that a lab climate imposes on these animals and then maybe if > possible to get them to the wild, " added Ganguly. > > The institute officials said in a press statement that the release of > the animals was made under supervision of forest officials, > veterinary officer and a technical officer of the institute. > > However, this has failed to convince experts who believe there has > been a serious violation. > > Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman > International Primate Protection League > PO Box 766 > Summerville, SC 29484, USA > Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 > > E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org > Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 > > One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly > making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature > on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: > aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at > aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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